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Health Wow: Kellie Pickler Shaves Her Head to Support Pal With Breast Cancer

If you had a friend suffering from cancer, how would you try to support her? When singer Kellie Pickler's best pal was diagnosed with cancer, she shaved her head as a show of support!

Country music singer Kellie Pickler, 26, recently shaved her head as a show of support for her best friend, Summer Holt Miller, 35, who was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this summer and will begin chemotherapy treatment tomorrow. "Cancer does not discriminate," Pickler said in a statement.

Miller says she's amazed by her celebrity pal's support, but hopes it does more to help other women in the fight against breast cancer. "If this compels even one person to change their mentality toward waiting until the age of 40 for their mammogram, then it will be worth it," she said.

While there's still some controversy about when women should begin getting mammograms (some health officials say 40, other health care experts urge for earlier screening), it's true that if you have a family history of breast cancer, like Kellie's pal does, it is never too early to think about prevention.

Don't you love Kellie for doing this? Would you do the same for a friend with cancer?